Combined seat, paint-box, and easel.



PATENTED JAN. 3, 1905.

H. G. BURGESS. COMBINED SEAT, PAINT BOX, AND EASEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1904.

vi a Z 8 UNITED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED SEAT. PAINT-BOX. AND EASEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,202, dated. January 3, 1905.

Application filed June 6,1904 Serial No. 211,256.

To all whom/ it may concern:

. Be it known that I, HARRY G. BURGESS, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Seat, Paint-Box, and Easel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a portable folding artists outfit for sketching, &c. It is designed to combine a universallyadjustable easel, a case for materials, and a camp-stool in a most convenient and compact form. Because of the fact that to work to the best advantage an artist must have his easel at exactly the proper distance from him it is essential to point out that the presentinvention provides for an unlimited range of adjustment of each element. This is chiefly so in regard to the easel, of which the inclination, the elevation, and the extension from the seat are each independently adjustable and allow the picture to be supported on a sufficiently low plane, as well as at a proper horizontal distance from the seat.

A more explicit description is hereinafter set forth in connection with the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is'a perspective view of the outfit extended. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the outfit folded. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the clamp for adjusting the inclination of the easel.-

Fig. 5 is a detail.

Referring to the drawings, on which the same reference-numerals indicate the same parts in all the figures, a folding camp-stool 10, having legs 11 ofsuitable proportion, constitutes one end support for a paint-box 12. The paint-box is designed to lie approximately horizontally and is somewhat in the nature of a table. Reaches 13 13, hinged to the upper ends of one pair of camp-stool legs, have a sliding connectionwith the box 12 by means of thin metal straps 14 14, affixed to the under side of the box. The opposite ends of the reaches 13 are provided with suitable clamps 15 for binding against the edge of the box and holding it ata predetermined distance from the stool. A supporting leg 16 is hinged to the farther end of the box 12. The leg 16 is provided with an adjustable sliding extension-piece 17, which may be set and clamped at any desired position by a suitable clamping member 18. By reason of the extensible leg 16 the paint-box 12 may be adjusted to any desired height or inclination independently of its adjustment toward and from the stool 10. The paint-box may be divided into suitable compartments to hold the paints, brushes, &c., and is, furthermore, provided with clips 19, under which the edges of a palette 20 maybe slipped to form a cover for the compartments of the box.

The folding cover 21 of the box 12 is hinged thereto at 22 and when open is adapted to constitute a back rest for a canvas, board, or panel 23. The box and cover are provided with coacting segmentally-siotted blades 24 and 25, respectively, of which the hinges 22 are the center. The blades 24 and 25 are adapted to be clamped together to hold the cover 21 at any desired inclination by a thumbnut 26, threaded upon a stem 27 and a sleeve 28 on said stem between the blades 25 to withstand the compression caused by the thumbnut. (See Fig. 4.) The cover 21 is provided with brackets 29 29, which serve to support the canvas or board 23. The brackets are provided with thumb-screws 30, which may be screwed against the lower edge of the work to hold it securely. An additional brace for the work is afforded by a hooked finger 31, which is adjustably held in a longitudinal slot 32, formed in theend piece 33 of the cover 21. For this purpose the end piece 33 is hinged, as at 34, so that when it is swung open, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the finger31 may hook over the top edge of the work and prevent it from being blown over toward the stool. Grooves 35 35 are formed in the inner sides of the cover 21, into which may be slipped panels or any other similar articles.

- In addition to the adjustment of the easel toward and from the seat or from the ground it will be seen that it is capable of any desired inclination independently thereof.

I/Vhen folded, as shown in Fig. 3, the several parts may be hooked together, so that the apparatus as a whole may be conveniently carried or strapped to another article.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, I declare that what I claim is- 1. A device of the character described comprising a seat, a frame hinged thereto and adapted to extend therefrom in an approximately horizontal direction, an easel provided with a support slidingly mounted on said frame, and guides secured to the under side of said support and embracing said frame.

2. A device of the character described comprising a seat, a frame hinged thereto and adapted to extend therefrom in an approximately horizontal direction, an easel mounted to slide on said frame, a support for the free end of said frame, and means independent of said support for varying the inclination of said easel.

3. A device of the character described comprising a seat, a frame hinged thereto and adapted to extend therefrom in an approximately horizontal direction, and a box slidingly mounted on said frame and provided with a cover adjustably united therewith, said cover forming an easel.

a. A device of the character described comprising a seat, a frame hinged thereto and adapted to extend therefrom in an approximately horizontal direction, a box slidably mounted on said frame and having a hinged cover adapted to form an easel, and means for securing said cover in Varying relative positions.

5. A device of the character described comprising a seat, a frame hinged thereto and adapted to extend therefrom in an approximately horizontal direction, and an easel slidingly mounted on said frame, said easel being formed of two pivoted members each provided with coacting segmentally-slotted blades, and clamps engaging said blades.

6. The combination with a seat and a frame pivotally connected thereto, of a box or receptacle adapted to slide upon said frame and provided with a hinged cover, brackets secured to said cover and a hooked finger adjustably secured upon the end of said cover.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY G. BURGESS.

I/Vitnesses:

C. G. STEOHER, WALTER P. ABELL. 

